Tag: Greta Thunberg
Global outrage after Israel seizes Gaza-bound aid ship in international waters
With activists from 10 countries aboard, including Greta Thunberg and a member of the European Parliament, Israel’s armed interception of the Madleen is being condemned as piracy and a violation of international law.
Greta Thunberg and 11 other volunteers set out on mercy mission...
A crowd of supporters gathered at the port with Palestinian flags to encourage the 12-person crew. The mission is sponsored by the Freedom Flotilla organization.
Court clears Greta Thunberg and climate activists of charged offenses from...
Judge Laws said at the conclusion of the case on Feb. 2 at Westminster magistrates court "that the crown had failed to present enough evidence to prove their case."
Greta Thunberg joins 630+ young people in landmark climate lawsuit against...
"The Swedish state fails to meet the constitutional requirement to promote sustainable development leading to a good environment for present and future generations," said the plaintiffs.
Greta Thunberg accuses world leaders of ‘pure madness’ for climate failures...
"Are we fighting to save ourselves and our living planet or are we fighting to maintain business as usual? Our leaders say we can have both, but the harsh truth is that is not possible."
Greta Thunberg on climate promises versus actions
Thunberg sat down in her Stockholm kitchen to talk about what she expects—and hopes—will come from the global event.
Greta Thunberg: New IPCC Report is a wake-up call for all...
“The climate crisis is not going away. It’s only escalating, and it’s only growing more intense by the hour.”
10 good things about 2019
Remembering some of the gains in the difficult year of 2019 can help inspire us for the critical struggles ahead.
Greta Thunberg offers advice to young people, dismisses climate-denying politicians in...
“Be an active democratic citizen...because democracy is not only on election day, it's happening all the time.”
Greta Thunberg slams COP25, says response to climate crisis is ‘clever...
“I still believe that the biggest danger is not inaction. The real danger is when politicians and CEOs are making it look like real action is happening when in fact almost nothing is being done apart from clever accounting and creative PR."
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Live by phony conspiracies, die by real conspiracies: Truth crawls from a swamp of...
On top of six months of popularity-killing blundering, reality is outing Trump—blowing apart obsolete fix-it moves.
Colbert’s termination is a corporate assault on dissent and a victory for Trump
Was he blindsided by media conglomerates eager to capitulate to him?
Texas lawmakers largely ignored recommendations aimed at helping rural areas like Kerr County prepare...
Although it had been only seven years since Hurricane Harvey, legislators now prioritized the state’s water and drought crisis over flooding needs.
CBO: Trump law will add $3.4 rrillion to deficit, boot 10 million off health...
Warnings about the law's impact on the national debt and the healthcare of millions—particularly Americans on Medicaid—were prominent during the GOP effort to pass the budget reconciliation package by Trump's Independence Day deadline.
To resist injustice in Gaza and the wider world
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is neither polemic nor memoir, although it contains elements of both.